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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".01" citation="COMAR 30.08.16.01" title_num="30" subtitle_num="08" chapter_num="16" heading="Definitions.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>In this chapter, the following terms have the meanings indicated.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Terms Defined.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>“Cardiac Interventional Center” means:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>An in-State hospital that meets the requirements in Regulation .02 of this chapter and is designated by MIEMSS and approved by the EMS Board to receive patients transported by ambulance with acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) who need Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>An out-of-State hospital that has entered into an agreement with MIEMSS and has been approved by the EMS Board to receive patients with acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction who need Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>“Jurisdiction” means a state, commonwealth, or the District of Columbia.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>“Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI)” means a variety of catheter-based techniques, including balloon angioplasty, capable of relieving coronary vessel narrowing.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>“Primary PCI” means PCI capable of relieving coronary vessel narrowing associated with acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI).</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>“STEMI” means coronary vessel narrowing associated with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>